I don’t see this ‘90s Maxima... in the first painting I see from R to L, an ‘80s boxy 1.8L 3T-C Corolla, then a ‘70s (‘76?) Celica GT... then the car with the taillights to us looks most like an old late-’70s Subaru GL:

This is the one, I think. Time to trade in...

Need to lurk on forums about that DI engine, though... since it’s been around a model year now in sedans I’d like to know if owners are finding any problems with intake valve deposits a la Ecoboost motors.

Toyota’s apparently solved it with extra regular port injectors, so…

Lol! I used to live in WA state, and nearby was a NW Thompson Rd... but I see now it’s in Portland. Was about to say, did I know who did the freakout and do I recognize that Camry? :D

And for those who haven’t lived in the PNW... wolf spiders are very, very chummy this time of year. You’ll find one chilling on your…

Yep, true... not to mention the anvil-like reliability of obviously-simpler permanents.

I think the only thing he’d be giving up with a permanent-magnet setup, is possibly the ability to adjust output according to rpm; e.g. if the stream were to run faster or slower due to rainfall. He could just cap the output via…

Agree... seems like all this system needs is a battery & wires (& emergency ground) to use the alternator unaltered... but that ups the maintenance it needs as well as its vulnerability to weather by quite a bit.

As any gearhead, I like git-er-done solutions that are based on competence, good common sense, and a desire…

Maybe he went on his bombing spree... after finding out his 13-yo 7th-gen Civic had a tach needle that pointed to redline randomly... shift cables that spat out their cheap plastic bushings and shift ball so it rows like an ‘80s K-car... or manual seat tilt hardware that breaks like an old office chair & make you rock…

My buddy never went into much detail about it (I was anxious to get my bike welded up more than BS about trucks)... but he did mention how large and heavy they were... so maybe it was for a dump truck (IIRC he mentioned Mack... but this was 10 yrs ago). His dad was footing the bill for the transplant but apparently…

Fascinating link, CBus. I’m an ex-powersports tech 16 years so am on the opposite side of the drivetrain spectrum size-wise... but the big stuff’s always been pretty cool to my gearhead sensibilities... mostly because applications rarely go to civilians (I suppose a CDL is the way in for most people to become familiar…

That sounds *amazing*. Had a guy welding the cases on my SV650 up in WA... in his shop he had a big green 2-stroke Detroit he was planning to put in his dad’s truck. Had no idea they sounded as good as this... dude did say they were LOUD...

2-stroke V-8, diesel, turbocharged... basically peak Jalop powerplant. Too bad…

Sorry for being on the ‘it-takes-two’ side here... but where was his situational awareness? And why did he stop in a merge, without keeping track of what’s behind him? Mandatory, esp riding for years to work in the Seattle metro area, which is waaay more boss-level than elsewhere in WA...

Only place I got rear-ended in…

OXO makes much better openers than this — ones that cut the outside edge of the lip/seal of the can, so you can use it as a lid if need be. This type also doesn’t leave a razor-sharp disc to cut yourself on while digging it out, which even with magnetic retainers will do, occasionally.

I own this model, and since OXO…

OXO makes much better openers than this — ones that cut the outside edge of the lip/seal of the can, so you can use…

Exactly. My preference for this task, though... is the adjustable grip hitch. Easy to remember, as well.

Moved house including 800-lb rollaway toolbox full of tools in a Penske truck... nothing but one comealong, lots of rope and a few choice knots (the zeppelin bend, alpine butterfly & alpine bend were some of them).…

Have to agree. Where I live there are a lot of Brazilian visitors and transplants, a few are close friends. Some of the stories they tell me about life in big cities like Brasilia and Rio, with a completely pokered, hey-whaddya-do face... send chills up my spine. Guess it’s all about how your experience frames ‘go’ &…

As a motorcyclist who also had to ride regularly in 60 mph gusts to pay his rent (yay Seattle ferry commute, where it’s $30/day by car, or $8/day by bicycle/motorcycle, but must ride year-round in whatever’s out there)... even I wouldn’t be riding in a typhoon gusting to 180. So this ultramaroon got the hard stop he…

One intuitive solution to being exposed to deadly windblast during ejection, is to design the cockpit to separate as a whole...

However that obviously opens many other cans of worms, that’d doom such a design from anything we’d see in fighters within fifty years... if we even had the tech to do it.